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independent.co.uk - Anthony Cuthbertson - Battery breakthrough gives electric cars huge range boost
Battery breakthrough gives electric cars huge range boost
The Independent

Scientists have discovered a new way to build batteries that could significantly reduce production costs and increase the range of electric vehicles. A team from the University of Boulder Colorado used a powerful X-ray machine to figure out why…

coloradoboulevard.net - News Desk - Electric Vehicles Can Support the Grid!
Electric Vehicles Can Support the Grid!
ColoradoBoulevard.net

The ELRP rewards EV owners who send power from their car battery to the grid when it is needed most. Electric vehicle drivers in Ford's California Power Response program will earn $1 per kWh of energy reduced during peak grid events, creating…

indianexpress.com - Aggam Walia - Electric cars excluded from PM E-DRIVE scheme: Could dent sales further
Electric cars excluded from PM E-DRIVE scheme: Could dent sales further
The Indian Express

With their exclusion now confirmed, the government's stance is clear–lower GST for electric cars, schemes for localisation of components and batteries, and additional funds for charging stations to address range anxiety are deemed sufficient…

climatedepot.com - 'Trying to force people': Numbers reveal massive electric vehicle 'flop' in Australia as well!
'Trying to force people': Numbers reveal massive electric vehicle 'flop' in Australia as well!
Climate Depot

EVs have been such a “commercial flop” that manufacturers are now trying to flog them by any means necessary, says Caleb Bond. Electric vehicles have been such a commercial flop that manufacturers are now trying to flog them by any…

independent.co.uk - Maxine Ashford - MG Cyberster GT review: Stylish and affordable electric sports car
MG Cyberster GT review: Stylish and affordable electric sports car
The Independent

SPONSORED BY E.ON NEXT The Independent's Electric Cars Channel is sponsored by E.ON Next: driving the UK's EV and renewable energy revolution MG has proved it is still more than capable of developing stunning two-door roadsters that will stop…

vg247.com - Jim Trinca - Why The Grand Tour is really ending: Jeremy Clarkson thinks 'electric cars are rubbish'
Why The Grand Tour is really ending: Jeremy Clarkson thinks 'electric cars are rubbish'
VG247

The Grand Tour's final special, One for the Road, is a poignant farewell to one of television's most successful, and endearing, male friendships. And it's not hard to understand why it might be time to say goodbye to the format that presenter…

dailymail.co.uk - Freda Lewis-Stempel - Do we need cheap Chinese brands to make EV ownership affordable?
Do we need cheap Chinese brands to make EV ownership affordable?
Mail Online

On 5 July, the European Union announced it will impose massively hiked provisional import tariffs on Chinese electric cars. After an eight-month EU investigation into cheap Chinese imports, new additional duties of up to 38 per cent were placed on…

thestar.com.my - Chinese EV companies in negotiations to invest in Perlis
Chinese EV companies in negotiations to invest in Perlis
The Star Online

KANGAR: Several companies from China are in negotiations with the authorities on investments in Perlis, especially in the Chuping area near Padang Besar. The Malaysian Investment Development Board's (MIDA) Kedah and Perlis director Mohd Rushdan…

scmp.com - Sylvia Ma - 'Tenuous' link between uneven China-US trade, industrial policy: IMF economists
'Tenuous' link between uneven China-US trade, industrial policy: IMF economists
South China Morning Post

Worries that the trade imbalance between China and the United States resulted from industrial policies reflect an “incomplete” view, according to economists from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The view came at a time when…

marketwatch.com - Industrials Tick Up After Weekly Jobless Data -- Industrials Roundup
Industrials Tick Up After Weekly Jobless Data -- Industrials Roundup
MarketWatch

Shares of industrial and transportation companies rose, testing all-time highs after solid jobs data boded well for U.S. economic activity. The number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits last week rose slightly to 230,000, but there…

cnbc.com - Charmaine Jacob - India's EV conundrum: To invest in cars or charging points first
India's EV conundrum: To invest in cars or charging points first
CNBC

India wants 30% of newly registered private cars to be electric by 2030. But out of around 4.2 million passenger vehicles sold last year, less than 2.5% were EVs, according to Bain & Company. Boosting India's charging infrastructure is a vital step…

dailymail.co.uk - Rob Hull - Two thirds of EV drivers would REJECT a courtesy petrol car
Two thirds of EV drivers would REJECT a courtesy petrol car
Mail Online

Two in three electric car owners would turn their nose up at the offer of a petrol courtesy car if offered one while their EV was being repaired, a new study has found. A survey of 500 EV drivers found that 67 per cent would refuse an internal…

lemonde.fr - Noé Hochet-Bodin - Ethiopia, the first country in the world to ban the import of gasoline and diesel vehicles
Ethiopia, the first country in the world to ban the import of gasoline and diesel vehicles
Le Monde

Thirty-something Dagim Girma followed the Ethiopian government's lead and acquired an electric car in early 2024. He no longer has to wait for hours in the endless queues of cars in the streets of Addis Ababa, which usually indicate the entrance to…

scmp.com - Daniel Ren - Beijing urges EV makers to avoid investing in India and Turkey
Beijing urges EV makers to avoid investing in India and Turkey
South China Morning Post

Chinese electric-vehicle (EV) makers ' drive to go global hit a snag after Beijing urged them to avoid investing in countries like India and Turkey. The Ministry of Commerce convened executives from more than a dozen electric car makers in July…

bloomberg.com - Gabrielle Coppola - GM in Talks to Buy Chinese Batteries Made in US by Japan's TDK
GM in Talks to Buy Chinese Batteries Made in US by Japan's TDK
Bloomberg

Deal to license CATL technology similar to Ford, Tesla accords Pact comes as US policymakers scrutinize China ties on EVs General Motors Co. is in discussions to buy electric vehicle batteries that would use technology from China's Contemporary…

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